🫁 Inhalers drive carbon emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars each year, study shows

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-inhalers-carbon-emissions-equivalent-cars.html

#asthma #copd #medicine #drugs #pharmacology #environment #climatechange #hfa #fgases #inhalers #ecology

Study Finds Asthma Inhalers Contribute Significantly to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association highlights the significant environmental impact of inhalers used by asthma and COPD patients in the United States. From 2014 to 2024, inhalers have been estimated to generate approximately 24.9 million metric tons of carbon... [More info]

"Inhalers drive carbon emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars each year, study shows"

#Inhalers #Climate #ClimateChange #Health

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-inhalers-carbon-emissions-equivalent-cars.html

Another year, another round of fun with stupidly inflated prices for my regular inhaler.

Tried to fill the prescription for it again at Rite Aid yesterday, only to be told they'd have to charge me north of $200 instead of the $40 I paid the last couple times I renewed it.

So I called up my insurance just now to ask them WTF, and they said that the policy was that I would HAVE to use CVS or mail order. Which is, in a word, _bullshit_. I expressed my dissatisfaction with this on the call (only, y'know, _politely_), though I also made it clear that I understood this was not the fault of the guy I was talking to.

#FunWithInsurance #AmericanHealthcare #Inhalers #QVar

wait im seeing it on bluesky and if this is true the WAY that takes away about 59% of my ideation

https://www.patreon.com/posts/starting-june-1-105451511

#Asthma #Inhaler #Inhalers

Via @mattbc on Patreon: remember that as of yesterday, June 1st, inhalers are capped at $35 out-of-pocket.

Read all you need to know here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/starting-june-1-105451511

#USHealthcare #Inhalers

#Inhalers are big business with revenue in the billions for companies such as GlaxoSmithKline & AstraZeneca, partly because they cost $200-$600. That has now been cut to $35 as the FTC's Linda Khan found a way to strip their monopoly protection.

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-how-ftc-chair-lina